So I have been helping my friend Jay Welin write his baby "The Sentinel Chronicles" for almost 6-7 years. He controls the story, but I help him flesh it out. Film is a collaborative art and with the exception of my own works where I have written AND produced, a lot of times what I write isn't...the same...as my first draft, but I thought this time around I'd offer some transparency into the process.
Here is the outline we're starting with for what he's filming in November.
Act 1 - Set Up
Scene 1 - As credits roll, two officers discuss how he was supposed to receive a cushy assignment from the front lines, and he owed him, and their vital supplies were cut, and the other officer caves and agrees to send 'vitally important supplies'
Scene 2 - Our hero the pilot has that endearing scene with his father.
Scene 3 - One of the two officers informs Pilot that he has a vital mission to deliver supplies.
Scene 4 - Plane is soaring over the plains. Witty banter between pilot and co pilot.
Scene 5 - Bandits crackerjack back and forth like Jawas about to get R2 and launch a missile at our Plane. Crash.
Act 2 - Man Down!
Scene 1 - Our man drags himself out of the wreckage.
Scene 2 - Tank Crew of 3 women and the single man. Witty banter. Characters established.
Scene 3 - Bad Ass receives an unvocalized call. Changes direction.
Scene 4 - Man drags himself across the plains, gets radio confirmation from Tank. He is saved!
Scene 5 - Firefight with bandits. Tank Commander killed. Pilot gets in tank. Goin home!
Scene 6 - Bad ass hears gun fight. Picks up pace.
Scene 7 - Tank busts a tread. Witty and panicked banter.
Scene 8 - Bandits attack! Tanks crew fires back.
Scene 9 - Bad ass begins killing bandits. Crew misintripts actions; thinks he's a roid and gets in the tank.
Scene 10 - Bad ass starts to vocalize that he is here to help. Tank crew can't here. Turns tank gun and obliterates a shocked bad ass.
Act 3 - On their own!
Scene 1 - Crew welds the treads in fire fight.
Scene 2 - Tank is on the role! Runs over a few bandits. Crush.
Scene 3 - Mine! Tank is blown to hell. Blackness.
Scene 4 - Bad ass isn't dead! Picks them up and saves them, grumbling.
Scene 5 - Hospital. One tank and pilot alive. Mourning.
Scene 6 - Supplies was luxury goods for commanders buddy. Pilot goes fruitloops. Bad ass punches Commander.
"You'll pay for this!"
"No I won't. I quit."
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